HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Historical Slavic Religion, Napoleonic Wars, Herodotus
15 Dec 2020
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Before the 18th century, the languages and cultures of what 18th century philosophers diderot and voltaire refer to as l"orient de l"europe (europe"s east), seemed almost non-existent in the eyes of the western half of europe. In the 19th century, russian literature takes a leading role, with authors like tolstoy and dostoyevsky. The 18th century, one could say, discovers, or invents" europe"s east. Philologist and philosopher herder displays great fascination with the peoples east of the german-speaking lands, and in fact, diderot and voltaire had a similar fascination. There is, however, not just a long tradition of westerners traveling east, but also of easterners going west, who respond to western ideas and stereotypes about europe"s east. This theme opens with ancient greek historian herodotos writing about the scyths, discusses. Tolstoy"s 19th century classic war and peace and its portrayal of authentic russianness", and closes with a post-1989 european classic, emil tode"s border state, dealing with the.
